/**
 * @description Base class for all messages
 * @since 1.0
 * @author MiTask
 * @module Message
 */
export class Message {
    type: string;
    peerName: string;
    peerAvatar: string;
    topic: string | null;
    timestamp: number;

    /**
     * @since 1.0
     * @author MiTask
     * @constructor
     * @param messageType Type of the message (text, file, audio, icon)
     * @param peerName Peer username
     * @param peerAvatar Peer avatar URL
     * @param topic Chat room topic string
     * @param timestamp UNIX Timestamp
     */
    constructor(messageType: string, peerName: string, peerAvatar: string, topic: string | null, timestamp: number) {
        this.type = messageType;
        this.peerName = peerName;
        this.peerAvatar = peerAvatar;
        this.topic = topic;
        this.timestamp = timestamp;
    }

    /**
     * @since 1.0
     * @author MiTask
     * @returns JSON Object with all of the information about the message
     */
    protected toJson(): {name: String, topic: String, avatar: String, type: String, timestamp: Number} {
        return {
            type: this.type,
            name: this.peerName,
            avatar: this.peerAvatar,
            topic: this.topic ? this.topic : "",
            timestamp: this.timestamp
        };
    }

    /**
     * @since 1.0
     * @author MiTask
     * @returns {string} JSON String with all of the information about the message
     */
    toJsonString(): string {
        return JSON.stringify({
            ...this.toJson()
        });
    }
}